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Letter; Patent No. 68,131', dated August 27, 1867' Ttige .tlgehule nieta-h tu in time Entert @stent mh mating pmt nf tige time.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, MIRON Gr. TOUSLEY, of near Fulton, in the county of Whiteside, in the State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Implement to be attached to the Snouts of Swine to prevent them from rooting up and destroying pasture lands, of which the following is a full, clear, andrexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, that form a part of these specifications, and to the gures and letters of reference markedthereon.

No. l drawing represents the implement and its manner of attachment to a swines snout.

No. 2 drawing shows the implement as it appears when not attached to a swines snout.

The unnumbered drawings, marked with letters, show the implement in parts.

The implement consists of a hook or angle, and of a nut. The part A forms a bolt to pass downward through the flange or muscle of aswines snout, and is held in its place by the nut B,while the part C extends 'to the front and acts as a lever 'on part A, whenever'brought in contact with the ground by the swines attempting to root; This device e'ectually prevents swine from rooting without inflicting unnecessary pain, or mutila-ting them and' rendering them liable to'disease, and can be removed from the swinefs snout at will by simply unscrewing lche nut B, thus returning to the swine its liberty `to root for worms, mast, and medicinal rootswhen in feedinglets or underbrush, as is often desirable'.

I will state, for infbrmation of those unskilled in the manufacture and use of this implement, that it maybe cast or wrought from iron orany other metal, and may be finished by blueing, japanning, galvanizing, or any other desirable process. The bolt part A may he inserted in the swines snout through a hole cut with a handpu'nch, such as saddlers and shoemakers use for punching leather;

What I claim specially as my invention, for which I desire to obtain Letters Patent, is The hook or angle combining the lever C, with its means of attachment A, when constructed and used substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

MIRON G. TOUSLEY.

Witnesses:

W. W. SMIBORN,` G. J. BOOTH. 

